Manager General Manufacturing 2 - Elkton, MD

VetJobs; Elkton (MD); On-site; USD 116,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Manufacturing Operations Manager 2 at its Elkton, Maryland facility. This on-site leadership role directs production activities, manages schedules, and drives KPI-based improvements in a high‑reliability environment.

You will coordinate with cross-functional teams, ensure compliance with safety and quality standards, and lead a skilled workforce with a Secret clearance requirement. The position offers relocation assistance and travel up to 10% as needed.

Qualifications

• Requires 12 years of experience in a Manufacturing/Production Environment; or 8 years with a Bachelor's; or 6 years with a Master's degree.
• Excellent verbal communication with technicians, manufacturing support, management and related groups.
• Support customer proposals with basis of estimates for labor and schedule durations.
• Ensure compliance with Northrop Grumman policies and procedures for manufacturing environments.
• Maintain equipment and machinery per preventative maintenance schedules.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Secret Level Security Clearance; US citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Direct and coordinate energetic mixing and casting operations while adhering to safety and quality objectives.
• Direct and coordinate production scheduling activities with Material Requirements Planning to meet delivery requirements.
• Oversee work-in-progress status, material availability, and potential production problems to ensure resources are available as needed.
• Maintain ownership of KPIs that drive process control, continuous improvement, and efficiency.
• Provide direction and training to employees to ensure operational success.

Skills

Verbal communication

Leadership

Safety compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SAP

Solumina

Job description

Job Description

ATTENTION MILITARY AFFILIATED JOB SEEKERS - Our organization works with partner companies to source qualified talent for their open roles. The following position is available to Veterans, Transitioning Military, National Guard and Reserve Members, Military Spouses, Wounded Warriors, and their Caregivers.

Unless specifically stated otherwise, this role is "On-Site" at the location detailed in the job post.

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman is in need of a Manufacturing Operations Manager 2 to join our Manufacturing and Infrastructure Team at its Elkton, Maryland facility.

Northrop Grumman Propulsion Systems and Controls (PS&C) facility in Elkton, Maryland began solid-propellant rocket operations in 1948. Today, the Elkton PS&C facility designs, develops, and produces solid-propellant propulsion and ordnance systems in programs professionally managed for a wide variety of Government and commercial customers. The facility also serves as the hub for offsite engineering and test facilities in Ronkonkoma, NY and Palm Beach Gardens, FL.

Elkton, Maryland is located on the Upper Chesapeake Bay, midway between Philadelphia and Baltimore. Discover charming small towns, parks with miles of trails, specialty and antique shops, award winning restaurants, and inns. You can hike, bike, camp, bird watch, ride horseback, or drop a fishing line. Five rivers, Chesapeake Bay and the C&D Canal can be explored by boat or by land. Experience panoramic views from Turkey Point Lighthouse on a bluff overlooking the Bay, or from the banks of the C&D Canal where ships from around the globe cruise. https://www.ccgov.org/government/tourism

What You’ll Get To Do

• Direct and coordinate energetic mixing and casting operations while maintaining a strict adherence to safety and quality objectives.


• Direct and coordinate activities to plan, manage, and control production schedules, in conjunction with Material Requirements Planning, to meet production/delivery requirements


• Oversee the status of work in process, material availability, and potential production problems to ensure that personnel, equipment, materials, and services are available, as needed


• Maintains ownership of key performance indicators (KPIs) that drive process control, continuous improvement, and operational efficiency.


• Provides specific direction and training to employees to ensure operational success.

Auto req ID

484226BR

Minimum Education Required

Bachelors

Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities

• Must have 12 year of experience working in a Manufacturing and/or Production Environment. Will also consider those with a Bachelor's degree with 8 years of experience working in a Manufacturing and/or Production Environment and those with a Master's degree with 6 years of experience working in a Manufacturing and/or Production Environment.


• Excellent verbal communication skills with Technician staff, Manufacturing support personnel, Functional management, Program management and related groups


• Support customer proposal by providing basis of estimates (BOE) for labor and schedule durations


• Ensuring compliance to all Northrop Grumman policies and procedures as applicable for manufacturing environments


• Ensure that equipment and machinery are maintained in accordance with preventative maintenance schedules for each assigned area


• The ability to obtain a U.S. Secret Level Security Clearance is required, US citizenship is a pre-requisite

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience presenting to executive staff / leadership


• Experience with Lean/5S in manufacturing environments.


• Active U.S. Secret Security Level Clearance


• Experience in a Production Control environment


• Experience with SAP


• Experience with Solumina

Primary Level Salary Range: $115,600.00 - $173,400.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

City*

Elkton

State*

Maryland

Job_Category

Operations

Job Code

Manufacturing Manufacturing

Affiliate Sponsor

Northrop Grumman